pell
[ˈpɛlː]
The verdict
“pell” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,744 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,744
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lejano, distante
Corpus desk
Index ES-pell · pell · Spanish
pell · rank #58,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,744
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pedrera
Nearest frequency peer: pedrera (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pell”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- patitos
patitos
41,260 corpus weight
- pedrera
pedrera
41,258 corpus weight
- pell
pell
41,257 corpus weight
- percibes
percibes
41,256 corpus weight
- percibieron
percibieron
41,255 corpus weight
- persistió
persistió
41,254 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pell” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pell |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpɛlː] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pell” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pell is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,744 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpɛlː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lejano, distante".
pell doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pell, spelled P-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1Lejano, distante
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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